# Add/Remove Programs on Win98

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 30, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-remove-programs-on-win98/134557 "2002-10-30T16:00:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![High\_Deity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9a140/32.png) [@High\_Deity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Deity)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-remove-programs-on-win98/134557/1 "2002-10-30T16:00:57Z")

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Does anyone know of a program that will go throught that list and take out any programs that appear, but do no actually exist on your computer? I have some programs that I uninstalled, but they are still showing up in the list.

Also, does anyone know of a good program that goes through all the dlls on a computer and figures out which are not needed anymore?

Thanks all

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**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2002, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-remove-programs-on-win98/134557/2 "2002-10-30T16:16:49Z")

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Try X-teq’s X-Setup utility for the removal of ‘ghost’ items in the add/remove list. (I think the website is [xteq.com](http://xteq.com).)

For the second part… Hmmm. I know Fix-It Utilities can find invalid short-cut files (\*.lnk), but I don’t know if it can sniff out unneeded \*.dll’s. I’d have to poke around the program when I get home to check that out. I am currently unaware of any programs that specifically examine the \*.dll’s to see if they’re needed though… this is something I’d be interested in also.

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**Author:** ![mazzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@mazzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazzer)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-remove-programs-on-win98/134557/3 "2002-10-30T17:03:22Z")

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[TweakUI](http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui)

I couldn’t find the official MS link, but it is in fact developed by Microsoft employees.

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**Author:** ![Ginger\_Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@Ginger\_Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ginger_Ale)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-remove-programs-on-win98/134557/4 "2002-10-30T18:51:46Z")

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Another good clean up program is RegCleaner… it’s been great for me.

I forget the URL though. It was a “site of the nite” on Screen Savers a few months ago.